Hame-tug



(No Model.)

E. P. WATERS.

HAME TUG.

No."Z78,475. Patented May29, 1883.

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', EDWAIBDYP. WATERS, F RosnvmLE, ILLINOIS.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,475, dated May 29, 1883. Application filed March 13,1833. (No model.)

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. W AIERS, of

' Roseville, in the county of Warren and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Hame-Tug,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 4

My invention relates to improvements in hame-tugs; and it consists of two plates havingtheir ends. bent around the cross-bar of the buckle-one outside of and overlapping the other-and riveted together for holding the heme clip or eye and the trace-keepers, whereby the tug is made strong and practical with less labor and cost than heretofore.

The invention also consists of the use of a leather sheath for the inner plate, and of making the plates concave upon their inner faces,

whereby the sheath and trace-keeper may be securely held between the plates when the plates are riveted together.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate-corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new and improved hame-tug. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectioual elevation of the same, and Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line :10 00 ot'Fig.2. v

a represents the inner metal plate, which is rolled at its rear end, as shown at b, for holding the cross-piece c of the trace buckle or holder 11; and 0 represents the outer metal plate, which is folded outward and forward at its rear end, as shown atf, for inclosingthe cross piece 0 ofthe buckle,and alsothe roll b of the plate a, and this foldfis of such length that it laps down upon the inner plate, a, a sufficient distance to permit the passage of the rivet 9 through it, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The inner plate, a, is covered by the leather sheathing h, and upon the out'erplate, e,,is

placed the keeper v1 for holding the forward .end of the trace after having been passed through the trace-buckle d. The hame clip or ey'ej is. attached and held to the hame-tug by the rivets k k, which also clasp theforward ends of the plates at e together, as will be understood from Fig. 2. The plates a c are, by

preference, made concaved upon their inner held with great strength by the plates a e and rivets g, and that they cannot break or tear out, as the ordinary hame-tug is liable to, (10. Furthermore, the best of leather need not be used with my improved heme-ting, as is required by the ordinary construction, in order to make a good hame-tug, and when finished the tug presents a nice appearance, is more compact, more easily repaired, and is stronger and much cheaper than the ordinary form of heme-tug.

Instead of making the plates at e of two pieces, they may be made ofa con tinuons plate, bent in the middle around the cross-piece of the trace-buckle; but I prefer to make them of two pieces, as shown, as itperm'its them to be made thinner and of a uniform thickness throughout, and at the same time renders the connection with the trace-buckle more durable and stronger.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a hame-tug, the combination, with a buckle, of the plate a, having its end b bent around the cross-bar of the buckle, and the plate 6, having its endfbent around the crossbar outside of the end I) and lapping upon the plate a, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The plate a, having the leather sheath Ii,

in combination with the plate 0, trace-keeper i, and rivets g It, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a heme-tug, the plates at e, made concaved upon their inner faces, substantially as i and for the purposes set fort 4. The conoared plates a e, folded or rolled as shown at b f, in combination with the leather sheath h and the trace-keeper i, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

h, trace-keeper 42, and hame clip or eye j, the partsbeing held togetherby suitable rivets, 10 substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

EDWARD P. WATERS.

Witnesses CHARLES A. ANDERSON, SYLVESTER B. WELOH. 

